Paul Dano Quotes

I suppose if it has a practical purpose, I appreciate a pat on the back. I suppose it's rewarding, ultimately.

When I was young, I liked to be acknowledged in class by little gestures such as a small red star for doing something good. Now that I'm older, I still want to be acknowledged for good work.

I have yet to find the man, however exalted his station, who did not do better work and put forth greater effort under a spirit of approval than under a spirit of criticism.

How little praise warms out of a man the good that is in him, as the sneer of contempt which he feels is unjust chill the ardor to excel.

We love to receive praise, but usually we're not certain what message, precisely, we should take from it. On the other hand, when someone points out our flaws, we realize immediately that something needs to change.

Praise your children more than you correct them. Praise them for even their smallest achievement.

Mass appreciation doesn't always equate to something good.

I guess other people's compliments motivate you.

Ballplayers, like everyone else, like to get told they did something right.

Am I really cool? You're telling me I'm cool? Well, that's good to hear.

To say, 'well done' to any bit of good work is to take hold of the powers which have made the effort and strengthen them beyond our knowledge.

A pat on the back, through only a few vertebrae removed from a kick in the pants, is miles ahead in results.

It's lovely to be told you're wonderful by someone when you're used to being told how awful you are.

I can live for two months on a good compliment.

A pat on the back is only a few vertebrae removed from a kick in the pants, but is miles ahead in results.

I have a folder where I keep all the articles the critics have written about me. It makes me feel good.

I'm not a player who needs telling every day in training 'you're brilliant, you're this, you're that'... but it's always nice to hear comments from the manager and people around that you're doing well.

If somebody comes up and says something good about you, that is never taken as an adhesive thing like something negative about you.

I think every human being in the world appreciates being encouraged and acknowledged.

No one actually knows how popular you are or how people think of you until and unless a few of the people who like your work walk up to you and let you know that you are really good. You can see the honesty in their eyes.

Praise is like sunlight to the warm human spirit; we cannot flower and grow without it. And yet, while most of us are only too ready to apply to others the cold wind of criticism, we are somehow reluctant to give our fellow the warm sunshine of praise.

Let the master praise him, and say, 'Here ye do well.' For, I assure you, there is no such whetstone to sharpen a good wit, and encourage a will to learning, as is praise.

There are high spots in all of our lives and most of them have come about through encouragement from someone else. I don't care how great, how famous or successful a man or woman may be, each hungers for applause.

Applause is a receipt, not a bill.

The more people say nice things about me, the more I feel it's false.